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Historical Event on 9/22/1996

Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/10/1959Mukundrao Ramarao Jaikar, great freedom fighter and famous lawyer, passed away.
11/1/1950First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
9/14/1910Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
12/20/1866Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
11/19/1991Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
5/27/1948The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.
12/5/1951Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away.